Futuristic Character Illustration: From Concept to Creation
Effects and Colors
A course by Max Prentis , Illustrator
About the video: Effects and Colors
Overview
“A final element of post-production editing that you can do is mixing up the color palette. To easily play with the mood of your figure, I will show you how to add an additional layer of color in Photoshop. Finally, you will learn how to incorporate new textures into your piece. ”
In this video lesson Max Prentis addresses the topic: Effects and Colors, which is part of the Domestika online course: Futuristic Character Illustration: From Concept to Creation. Illustrate your vision of the future by creating unique characters filled with color, texture, and patterns using both analog and digital tools.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Effects and Colors In this lesson, we'll learn how to put textures onto our almost finished piece. We'll also add a colour layer if we want to change the mood of our illustration. Let's do it. I've put in my object, my Ruins. I don't mind it, but I'll put it away for now. I think it's a bit too distracting, so I'll just push it away. I don't mind these colours, they're good, but there's a way you can change the colours quite rapidly and easily. It's a final post-production tweaking that we can do. With this, I'll create a new layer above my Color one. Ctrl + Select. I'll do a very similar...”
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Course summary for: Futuristic Character Illustration: From Concept to Creation
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration

Max Prentis
A course by Max Prentis
Max Prentis is a freelance illustrator who specializes in ink and digital art for character-focused illustration. Encouraged by his parents, he began drawing from a young age and eventually went on to study illustration. After graduating, he began sharing his art on social media before going on to focus on his freelance work full-time in 2016.
Throughout his career, Max has worked with brands such as Intel, Google, Nike, and Avex, and with animation companies like Goldenwolf, Cartoon Network, and Nexus. He also worked with musician Tokimonsta's on her Grammy-nominated album Lune Rouge. Alongside his client work, Max continues to share his work with over 130K followers on Instagram.
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